Ukuhamba eItali, bonke abatyeleli abazihlonelayo abakwaziyo ukuwutyeshela iVatican - urhulumente kwimeko kunye nenqaba yobuKristu. Kwaye kwiVatican akunakwenzeka ukugqithisa ngokugqwesileyo kwezinto zayo - iSistine Chapel. Yilapho esiya khona namhlanje ngokutyelela okona.
Uphi iSistine Chapel?
Fumana i-chapist yeSistine eVatican ayiyi kuba nzima, nangenxa yezokhenketho ezingenamava - nje imitha embalwa ukuya ngasentla kweSt. Peter Cathedral. Unokufika apha kwi-metro yamaRoma ukuya kwisikhululo sase-Ottavio, uze uhambe kancane.
I-Sistine Chapel - inyaniso enomdla
Ubukho balo bukhulu kwisikhumbuzo sobugcisa kunye nobugcisa buqala njengecawa leqhelekileyo. Ukwakhiwa kwaqalwa ngumyalelo kaSixtus IV, egama lakhe libizwa ngecawa. Kwenzeke ekude 1481.
Namhlanje, i-Sistine Chapel ayikho isikhumbuzo nje kuphela, yindawo yokuhlanganisela i-conclaves, ebonisa ukuba ngubani oya kuba yinhloko yeCawa yamaKatolika kwiminyaka ezayo.
Kwi-Sistine Chapel, kukho i-choir yamaKatolika eyaziwayo emhlabeni, okuphela kwamaKatolika kunye namadoda kuphela avunyelwe ukucula.
Uninzi lwezokhenketho luyakhangwa kwi-Sistine Chapel e-murals ekhanyayo. Bambalwa abantu abazi ukuba iSistine Chapel yathintela inkosi enkulu yokuzalwa kweNkwenkwezi, ngaphandle kokunyanisela isakhono sikaMichelangelo Buonarroti. Yayizandla zakhe ezenza imifanekiso emangalisayo kwiibali zeBhayibhile ezihlobisa isakhiwo sakhiwo.
Umsebenzi phambi kokuba inkosi ingabi lula, kuba isilingi sinomfanekiso obomvu, ngoko yonke imifanekiso efunekayo ibonakaliswe ukwenzela ukuba ukusuka kumgangatho ubukhulu babo babonakala bengaphazamiseki. Ukuze enze lo msebenzi, uMachelangelo akadingeki kakhulu, okanye emininzi emine, eyayihlala ehlathini phantsi kwelayili.
Kodwa ngowe-1512, umsebenzi wokudweba i-chapel yayiphelile, kwaye amehlo omthengi avela kuyo yonke imbali yakhe yenkcubeko yokudala umhlaba ngaphambi kokukhukula.
Ngowe-1534, uMichelangelo wabuyela eSistine Chapel ukupenda enye yeendonga zayo ngefresco "IsiGwebo sokugqibela".
Ezinye iindonga ze-chapel zihlotshiswe ngeefrescos ezingenanto ezithandayo, ezidalwe liqela labaphathi be-Florentine ukusuka ngo-1481 ukuya ku-1483. Izibhambano ezidongeni ziya kuvulwa kwiindwendwe zembali kaKristu nokaMoses, kwaye ukubhala kwazo kungokwabase-Perugino, iBotelli, i-Signorelli, i-Gatta, i-Roselli kunye nabanye.